FOOD: Plenty for How Long?

The Government suddenly began taking a rosy
view of the U.S. food situation:

¶ OPA Boss Chester Bowles declared a
ration holiday on all meats except beef steaks and beef roasts. Meat
stocks were on the increase and cold-storage space was critically
short.

¶ War Department officials suggested that some 600,000 agriculturally
deferred 18-to-26-year-olds could now be spared from the farm for
military chores.

¶ War Food Czar Marvin Jones reported: "All along the
production front, farmers have produced above schedule. . . . Just now
there is no serious shortage of food of any kind." Specifically, the
food boss promised...